Hey guys! Okay, so guess what! "IT" is out, and SUMMER VACATION is here! XD I still don't really feel like it's summer, since I still have to get up early almost everyday. Unfortunately, though, there's this stupid camp that I have to go to every year, so I won't be able to upload for a week. But I'm planning on getting the next chapter up before then. And, this is my last year at camp! Now I can shower every day! :D Okay, enough of this... enjoy!
"Byaakugan!" Neji was out in the open woods, searching everywhere for his cousin. His facial features were intensely hard as he searched in vain for Hinata. When he saw that he could see her nowhere, he sighed in frustration, turning off his kekkei genkai.
TenTen jumped through the trees, also in vain. When she spotted her teammate below her, she dropped down to his side. "Any luck?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
Neji solemnly shook his head. "It's no use- we've been searching forever. And we're far from Konoha. Who knows where they could've taken her?" Neji clutched the Akatsuki ring in his hand that he had found on the ground where he last saw his cousin.
I knew it. That Itachi Uchiha must be responsible for Hinata's kidnapping. I tried to tell her not to associate herself with him, but she wouldn't listen. Neji sighed. "Should I tell them about this?"
TenTen looked at Neji, puzzled. "Tell them what?"
Neji looked up. "Nothing. I didn't say anything."
TenTen shrugged. "Okay. Maybe we should set up camp. It's getting a bit late." She squinted at the sunset through the trees. "Lee has the tent. I'll go find him." With that, she was off, leaving Neji in his own thoughts.
I can't tell. If she came back to Konoha, then she could have a death sentence for training with Itachi for over a year. I can't have that. But, if I absolutely have to, then I will for the village. She brought it upon herself, anyways.
/3
Blurred images began flooding the young Hyuuga's eyesight, and she could hear her heart throbbing in her ears. It pounded painfully in her head as echoing voices were yelling unintelligible words. Suddenly, there was a thud. Hinata blinked her eyes slowly open and began to understand what the echoing voices were saying.
"Kisame! Why did you push me!" an angry voice yelled.
"You just sold us out, you idiot! Now, are you POSITIVE that you didn't just accidentally leave it back at the lair?"
"I'm serious! I never take that ring off!" Hinata looked over to see a familiar blonde sprawled on the ground next to her, looking down at his hands like a girl examining a broken nail. "My finger just feels so empty without it..." he slowly looked over at Hinata. "Oh, goody, she's awake, un!"
Hinata's eyes popped wide open, startled as Kisame and Deidara crowded in on her as if she were a rare specimen. "Wow! Look at her eyes!" Kisame said, opening her eyelids and staring in awe at her eyes as if he were some sort of eye doctor.
Hinata shoved his hand away and jumped up, landing a few feet away. There was a throbbing pain in her head, but she ignored it. Just as she tried to turn on her Byaakugan, she realized that she didn't have any chakra. "What are you guys doing!" she asked, at a loss for what to say.
"Whoa, easy there, un!" Deidara said, carefully inching toward her as if she would bite off his head if he wasn't careful. "We're not going to hurt you."
Hinata glared mistrustfully at Deidara. "What do you want from me?" she asked aggressively, sticking her hand into her pouch and wrapping it around the handle of a kunai.
"Miss Hyuuga," Kisame said, stepping forward. "Would you like to see Itachi?"
Hinata's eyes widened with happiness, but immediately turned back into a glare. "You're lying," she automatically said.
"What!" Deidara asked in disbelief. "Why in the world would we be lying, un! We're Itachi's best of friends! We're like THIS!" Deidara crossed his two fingers, then crossed his third one over the top of them.
Kisame smirked. "No, not really. Deidara doesn't count in our friendship."
"WHAT!" Deidara exclaimed.
"Well, Itachi doesn't really like you," Kisame said with a shrug.
"And how do YOU know, un!" Deidara asked angrily.
"I'm his companion. He tells me things."
Deidara's jaw dropped to the ground. "He'll like me after we take the girl to him, right?" He looked over to where Hinata once stood, only to find that she wasn't there.
"Where is she!" Kisame yelled. He grabbed Deidara by his shoulders and shook him. "Thanks a lot! You made us lose track of Hinata!"
"No, YOU did! You're the one that made me forget she was even here! I was talking to her, until YOU distracted me, un!"
"Whatever, I still don't believe you. We just have to find Hinata, THEN we can settle this!"
/3
Hinata ran as fast as she could through the trees, although she was completely drained of energy.
What'll I do? she panicked. I can't even tell where Konoha is. I have no idea where I am! I can't even sense anyone's chakra!
Suddenly, she her feet were off the ground, and she was being lifted higher and higher into the air.
"Not so fast, un!" a familiar voice said, peeking at her from atop the large clay bird that was carrying her.
"Put me down!" she cried angrily. But, that didn't exactly do much for her.
"Nah, I'm just going to take you to Itachi, un. Then he'll like me!" Deidara snatched Hinata's hand and pulled her up out of the talon of the clay bird and hoisted her onto it's back.
"Whoa!" Hinata nearly fell from the bird, but Deidara caught her around her waist. "If you don't want to fall to your death, I would suggest that you hold on tight."
Hinata frowned, but realized that if she really was being taken to Itachi, then she would rather not die, so she wrapped her arms around Deidara as they took off at full speed through the sky.
There was a long moment of silence, before Deidara finally spoke. "How long have you known Itachi?"
Hinata frowned. "I'd rather not talk to you about it," she said bluntly.
Deidara chuckled. "Wow, you seemed so sweet when I first saw you. I guess I got the wrong impression."
"W-well, if you were getting k-kidnapped, would you be polite?" Hinata asked him.
"I'd NEVER get kidnapped," Deidara told her proudly. "I wouldn't be weak enough to just let them suck my chakra out, un."
"Ugh!" Hinata said, turning away from Deidara. She could feel her chakra coming back, but she still didn't have enough. She peered over the edge of the bird's wing, hoping to see any sign of her friends from Konoha. Silently as ever, she gathered all her chakra to silently turn on her Byaakugan. She searched deep in the forest, miles away from where she was. Unfortunately, there were no signs of Naruto or anyone else.
Suddenly, her chakra ran out, and her Byaakugan shut off immediately. She tried to turn it back on, but her attempts were in vain. She felt more exhausted than ever.
/3
Once again, it was silent as Hinata and Deidara soared through the sky. He couldn't help but let a smug smile across his face.
This is great, he thought. The hot Hyuuga girl is hugging me! I'm so lucky.
"Hinata, if you want to stay with Itachi, you can't tell him that we kidnapped you, un," Deidara said.
She was silent.
"I mean, if you told him, he'd just get mad, and send you back to Konoha, or something."
Once again, Hinata said nothing.
"I have a plan, though, un. You have nothing to worry about. Just DON'T TELL ITACHI if you want to stay with him forever. Understand, un?"
There was a long pause before Hinata answered, "I understand."
"Okay, here's what Kisame and I decided to do..."
/3
"Has anyone seen my uniform?" Itachi asked.
Everyone just shrugged, but no one looked guilty.
"Well, where HAVEN'T you looked?" Kisame asked.
Itachi shrugged. "All I know is that I never misplace it." His eyes flashed at Kisame dangerously. "You haven't taken it from me, now have you, Kisame?"
Kisame gulped, but stayed calm. "Now, why would I even WANT your uniform? That's just weird!"
The next thing that Kisame knew, he was up against the wall in a corner, with Itachi looking dangerously at him.
"I... saw it outside!" Kisame finally blurted. "But I swear I didn't touch it!"
That was a big fat lie. But Itachi didn't seem to notice Kisame's relieved look at he moved away from him and started outside.
It's out it the rain? Seriously? That's just perfect... Itachi did the handsigns that opened the door and stepped outside, instantly getting soaked. It felt as though the heavens were dumping buckets of endless water on him. He could hardly see at all.
But, sure enough, his cloak was right by the entrance, Itachi bent over to pick it up, but he felt something underneath it.
No, not something, someONE.
The Uchiha furrowed his brow before tearing his cape off of whoever was underneath, only to find none other than...
"Hinata!"
Oh, man, the next chapter is gonna be GREAT! In fact, I think I'll start it NOW! This story just keeps getting more and more exciting! Okay, please review, and I will... give you... some homeade brownies!